Of all of the potential complications to potentially delay competition at World Championships, a golf cart crash seemed like an unlikely option. But on Thursday, a group of 200-meter semifinal competitors were involved in a collision on their way to the track, leaving Jamaica's Andrew Hudson to decide whether he should race with blurred vision.
American and 100-meter world champion Noah Lyles was involved in a golf cart crash along with the rest of his 200-meter opponents at the World Athletics Championships in Hungary on Thursday. The accident threw a wrench into the semifinal race, which Lyles won in 19.76 seconds as the fastest qualifier going into Friday night's final.
This isn't something that could happen at most athletics meets, but worlds are taking place at Budapest's brand-new and expansive National Athletics Centre. The facilities are so large that athletes don't warm up at the main stadium, but at another area located just beyond a small river. When it's time to compete, they are picked up and carted through the grounds.
Through the now-six days of competition, NBC's broadcast featured cuts to anxious and focused-looking opponents riding in silence on their way to the big stage. Video of Thursday's collision is nerve-wracking for other reasons. The aerial footage shows the cart rolling down a sidewalk outside of the stadium as an oncoming vehicle T-bones the Lyles, Hudson and the rest of their group.A better look at the buggy crash where you can see what looks like a steward being thrown from the cart on the left...
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